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TRANSPORTATION JOURNAL
Volume 60, Issue 1, Pages 43-69Publisher
PENN STATE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.5325/transportationj.60.1.0043
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Industrial structure upgrading; international container transport; container shipping network; China; port infrastructure
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This study provides new insights into the geographical evolution of China's ports in international container transport during the industrial structure upgrading process. The research found that there is a significant equilibrium relationship between industrial structure upgrading and port container transport trade, with positive effects from proxy indices such as the industrial structure advanced index and the industrial structure comprehensive index.
Containerization and its impact on structural shifts in maritime transport have attracted the attention of maritime researchers. However, few studies address the impact of China's current economic reforms and industrial structure upgrades on China's container ports. To fill this gap, this article delivers new insights on the geographical evolution of China's ports in international container transport during the upgrade of industrial structure. This study finds that path dependence is evident in the container shipping structure, and major regional connections are still present between China and the maritime regions of East-Southeast Asia, Western Europe, and North America. During the study period, the spatial dynamics of the international linkages of China's container ports exhibited a tendency to develop from an initial monocentric structure to an isolated double-center structure, and then a polycentric clustering structure. Dynamic panel analysis shows there is a long-term significant equilibrium relationship between industrial structure upgrading and port container transport trade. Proxy indices including the industrial structure advanced index, the industrial structure comprehensive index and the essential evolution of industrial structure have positive effects on the improvement of port container transport trade.
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